Peninsula Asteroid

After the EXO stage ended, all the artists who had been waiting for a long time returned to the stage. After the performance, Chi Kyung-won and EXO gave up their seats gracefully. Instead of standing in the back row, they walked directly to the far right. The side is relatively remote, and the edge of the camera lens leaves the center of the stage to today's alternate twice.

Although it seems that most of the audience present today are Allies who came to support their return to the stage. At first glance, they are full of Allies sticks and banners, but after all, they did not enter the selection. When it came time to present the award, the protagonist was still twice.

"Music Bank, the second week of June, the person honored today is...

"Twice! Thick Camida!"

Without much fuss, MC An Solbin directly announced the final trophy winner. There was no suspense about one of the awards today, and the other alternate didn't even come. Twice successfully won his fifth No. 1 spot on "Music Bank."

Although the final award score of just over 5,000 is a bit ugly, it shows that there are actually no strong opponents recently, and the popularity of "Cheer Up" has also declined somewhat compared to when it first came back.

But being able to win the award is proof of strength and popularity, and after winning this one, Twice and their group have won a total of 11 song awards for their return this time with the title song "Cheer Up".

There is still Sunday's "Inkigayo" left in this week, but they have graduated three times in a row and cannot win any more trophies. Next week, EXO will officially participate in the song competition. Fans with some rationality will know that Twice will definitely compete with them next week. The trophy is no longer available.

But in fact, not only twice, all combinations in the same period should be the same...

So it’s no surprise that today’s trophy is their last one, and 11 first places is Twice’s final song record for this comeback.

Compared to Gfriend, who is also a new girl group at the beginning of the year and competes on the track, the other party's hit song "Time Passes" seems to have received a slightly lower number of 15 places, but this time Twice returned under the arrangement of JYP I didn't go to a small channel like "The Show" to play songs. All the eleven one-place trophies were won by the top three, so the gold content will be higher.

"M! Countdown" graduated with three crowns, "Inkigayo" graduated with three crowns, and "Music Bank" graduated with five crowns. Without going to a small station to sing, they have almost achieved the ultimate of the three major singing stations. Even EXO has not gone to a small station to sing. Under the circumstances of Taiwan, it will not do better.

So there is actually no difference between the two girl groups in terms of one person.

It's a pity that none of Twice won consecutively...because all the trophies in the third week were taken away by EXO's "Fire" for a week.

But who would have thought that before May, this was just a new girl group that had debuted less than half a year ago, and they were dreaming and dreaming about getting their first No. 1 song.

After getting the last one, it can be seen that many members of Twice were quite excited. Chi Jingyuan looked at them and said his feelings, and he felt a little emotional in his heart.

After finishing his speech, Chi Jingyuan did not take the initiative to go to the crowd and bow to each other. He applauded lightly, bowed to thank the fans, and followed the members directly off the stage and backstage.

First, they went back to the lounge to rest for a while, and then all the idols quickly came to the corridor at the entrance of the studio. A group of people were chatting noisily in low voices, waiting to say goodbye to the action staff of the program team before calling it a day. .

"Who knows...how can I have time..."

Just as he was talking, Twice, who had arrived late because of the encore stage, also arrived. He didn't push forward and stood directly at the back of the team, right next to EXO, who was also at the back of the team.

Chi Jingyuan felt a little tired. He was leaning against the wall and listening to Park Chanyeol and the others chatting with EXID in front of him. He noticed the footsteps and looked back, and his eyes happened to meet Zhou Ziyu's eyes not far behind him.

Her long chestnut hair is slightly curly, her white patterned short-sleeves are rolled up and knotted to reveal her petite navel, her healthy legs are round and standing side by side, looking very powerful, and her pair of black eyes are shining brightly.

I don’t know if it’s because she is very confident about her figure, or because JYP’s Cody is very confident about her figure. Waist-baring outfits seem to be her standard outfit.

The closest ones next to her were Saka Minatozaki, Mingnan and others. Chi Jingyuan nodded slightly and smiled after seeing them. It's like saying hello.

Zhou Ziyu seemed to be in a good mood. She looked sweet with her little mouth raised, and she seemed to be very interested in the war-damaged makeup on his face. She tilted her head slightly, held up her eyes to take a closer look, and then stretched out her index finger to separate the air. Qingdian asked curiously: "How did you put on this makeup?"

He spoke Mandarin with a sticky voice.

When I met him before, I thought Chi Jingyuan's makeup was very interesting and attractive. Now that I finally saw her again, at such a close distance, Zhou Ziyu was a little happy.

"..." Chi Jingyuan leaned his head against the wall, looking lazy and not really wanting to talk. It was completely opposite to Zhou Ziyu's liveliness. He gently turned his head and glanced at her through her smart glasses. He looked back, not salty. Budan also said in Chinese: "Use your nails to draw a line on your face, the effect will be the same."

"It's annoying..."

After hearing such a vicious reply, Zhou Ziyu immediately wrinkled her nose and complained. She also pointed her index finger at Chi Jingyuan viciously. However, her habitual Mandarin tone did not have any lethality. Instead, she felt that Like a spoiled child.

But she had long been used to it, and her wrinkled short face quickly relaxed. Taking advantage of the fact that the program staff had not yet arrived, she took the initiative to ask, "Were you playing games just now?"

"Um."

"Is it still the game you told me about last time?"

"Have you played too?" Chi Jingyuan became interested and looked over.

"No...I just heard you say that."

"Oh." He turned back.

"We don't have time to play. Sister Cody has been putting makeup on us just now..."

As she spoke, she suddenly asked, blinking at Chi Jingyuan: "By the way, what's the date today?"

well.

Seeing her sincere and innocent expression, as if she was really asking about the date, Chi Jingyuan, who had already figured her out, sighed in his heart, turned to look into Zhou Ziyu's big eyes, and didn't answer at all. Instead, she said very directly: "I won't be free on the 13th."

Do you think I don’t know you’re hinting that your birthday is coming soon? You really like to use these little brat tricks.

After saying that, he looked at the girl's expression, thought for a moment and added: "There will be two autograph sessions in Busan on the 13th. It will probably be very late when I get back."

"..." After hearing such a straightforward reply, Zhou Ziyu, who was originally a little dissatisfied with his expectations, snorted and became angry: "Then we don't have time either."

"What a coincidence? That just saves money on gifts."

"Humph, I don't want to." Zhou Ziyu gritted his teeth and bared his teeth at her. After pouting, he didn't want to pay attention to him, but after a while he laughed again, turned around and leaned against the wall, turning his head. Said: "By the way, my mother came to see me the day before yesterday and brought something for me to give to you."

"Is your mother here again? Didn't she just come here some time ago..." Chi Jingyuan looked at her and looked her up and down: "You are really a child who doesn't let your parents rest assured."

"That's obviously concern!"

"Okay...how can I thank Auntie for me?"

The two of them chatted for a long time, while the people standing next to them became completely spectators, and they couldn't understand a word they said. After a while, they became a little dissatisfied.

Nai Minami kept smiling softly and said nothing, while Minazaki Saka held Nai Minami's arm. After listening for a while, she finally spoke up and said with some complaints: "Oppa, there are so many of us here. , why do you two still speak Chinese, you keep saying things we don’t understand.”

The voice was a bit high-pitched, with a bit of an angry accent.

Hearing this, Chi Jingyuan turned to look at the two neon lines with exquisite facial features. He pursed his lips and naturally switched to Japanese:

"Then let's talk about it too."

"Ha..." The two of them laughed all of a sudden. Nai Minami smoothed her hair. Minazaki Sasha put her arms around Nai Minami's waist, looked up at Chi Jingyuan, and chirped as if she was fighting:

"Just say it!"

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"EXO is back as king, with a brilliant pre-sale record of 1.3 million copies, breaking its own record again in one day."

"XO's overseas popularity is booming. The third album "EXACT" topped the North American album chart. It is number one on the iTuse comprehensive album chart in more than 20 regions. It has entered the TOP10 in five regions around the world, showing its amazing overseas popularity."

"The comeback has set off a trend. The boy group EXO's double hit has swept the music charts. "Miss You" has received excellent reviews and continues to rise in listening, setting a daily independent listening record for the boy group."

Since the day EXO returned on June 9, the entire music industry in the peninsula, even mainland China, Southeast Asia, and some overseas fan circles seem to have become lively.

Fans who buy special cards, listeners who comment on music, colleagues in the industry, passers-by who look down on the decline, and those who are sarcastic. All kinds of people are paying close attention to this comeback after a year. Related sections are everywhere on the Internet. They are all discussions, as well as boasting or abusive voices. Even people who don’t follow Kpop often see similar entries.

The popularity is so high that marketing accounts and media reports are flying all over the place. It allows everyone to see what the return of a TOP boy group that is extremely popular in the entire peninsula and even Asia is like.

In terms of fan base and influence, among all the groups in the current generation of the music industry, no one can match them regardless of the male or female groups, and there is even a huge gap in the middle.

Amid all the hustle and bustle, after the first week's performance on the singing stage, this time the third album has probably achieved initial results, not to mention sales, but also performed well in terms of music sources.

As expected by SM, dance music like "Monster" does have an inherent disadvantage in popularity. After occupying the top spot for a few days with extremely high popularity, it was knocked off the top spot by "Miss You".

"Missing", which has high hopes for balancing this sound source, did not disappoint. It has become a favorite of many people since it was released. The number of listens in the first two days was already large, but it is still increasing every day. In terms of sound source performance, It's extremely outstanding. Judging from the trend, it is estimated that it is another song that can compete for ranking at the top of the annual charts.

But in comparison, although the performance of the sound source is slightly inferior, the strong style and wonderful dance of "Monster" have aroused more discussion and enthusiasm. Although some fans may not be very adaptable to this style, most fans I like them all, and the people who like them really like it very much. I love this comeback so much. I think the style, dance, and makeup of this comeback have become another peak for EXO, no less than the 2013 " roar".

A few days after the album was released, many fans expressed their overall views on the album online. A well-known post by Ally received a lot of likes:

“I got XO’s album as soon as possible and listened to it over and over a dozen times. I also watched the stage back and forth many times in the past few days. Now let me tell you my general thoughts on this comeback.

The first is the setting of double hit songs. Those who are familiar with SM artists know very well that not many SM artists return to double hit songs. Generally, they start with the opening song and a title song, and at most add one more. The title song of the follow-up album... I don’t know yet whether XO will have a follow-up this time. The news has not been released yet. I really, really hope there will be.

Because everyone who is involved in Kpop knows that although double-headlining sounds great, it actually has many disadvantages. Scattered YouTube channels and scattered sound sources do not actually have many benefits for performance and song production. On the contrary, it often causes a waste of resources.

In addition to XO, the most recent one was Girls' Generation last year. This time it is a standard negative example, using double hits. One of the songs, "You Think", which is aimed at overseas markets, was directly released after a lot of promotional resources were taken away. Paste wear, completely nobodycares.

This time, EXO is even more exaggerated. Four songs have been shot in MVs, and they are all very well-produced. "Lucky One" and the prelude song "Fire" are also at the main level. Compared with the third album, "Monster" " and "Miss You" are double hits. It can even be said to be three hits or four hit songs... Although Yuan also explained at the showcase that he was worried that some fans would not like the overall too strong style, so he changed the more lyrical song "Miss You" 》as the title song provides fans with another choice, but this allocation is actually a bit risky.

SM really has confidence in EXO and has given them enough resources. Just the group logo for four songs and the album has five different designs, so they are not afraid of problems.

But I can also understand SM's thinking. The top groups are indeed different. They have a huge number of fans, are very popular, and are not afraid of being confused. Now EXO has become a card and banner of Kpop, which is to show a different style from those ordinary groups.

So far, the results are very good. In terms of dance music, "Monster" dominates the world. I asked around and found that fans from our side, Xia Kingdom, and even Neon, Europe and the United States all like this song. It can be called the Big Monster. .

In terms of sound source, "Missing You" lives up to expectations. Even the better sound source doesn't sound like a boy band song.

If the title song is successful, then the entire album is more than half successful.

Then came the changes in the album's repertoire, design and style. This time the title song "Monster" made a rather big transition, going directly to a dark style with strong impact. Of the ten songs in the album, seven are very strong-style songs, using a lot of electronic music and psychedelic/sci-fi styles. Some of the arrangements and melodies are also very popular in Europe and the United States in the past year, SM It has been made clear that EXO wants to continue to expand into the European and American markets after successfully testing the waters last year.

The results so far appear to be promising. According to the official data, both overseas sales and the number of fans in Europe and the United States have improved significantly. The local markets in Peninsular and Asia have not been lost, and are stable and improving.

It can be seen that SM has great ambitions, but the steps are not too big, and they also left some room with "Missing You", which can be regarded as a transformation to maintain sanity amidst ambitions.

Needless to say about the stage, the makeup, style, choreography, and stage effects of "Monster" can be called a men's group stage textbook in all aspects. It is worth taking a good look at and studying and studying for those men's groups and male trainees. I've watched it dozens of times in the past few days. Every member is so handsome. In my opinion, they are EXO's peak appearance and makeup since their debut. I can't find anyone better than this. Last year's " "Call me baby" doesn't work either.

On the whole, although it has only been back for less than a week, it can basically be judged that this is a very successful, very exciting, and very wise transformation.

The current results also prove this. The first-time sales record was broken in one day. Eight of the top ten in first-time and first week Kpop history were occupied. The top five swept the list. The enthusiasm of fans is so high that it is scary. I predict this comeback. No less than last year, it can definitely dominate Kpop for a long time! "

This comment was recognized by many fans, who left messages below: "That's great. This third album is really good in my heart. Maybe the quality of the songs is not as good and catchy as the second album, but the style is really good." It’s too much for my liking.”

"I also feel that four years after their debut, all members of EXO have reached the peak of their appearance this year. With this top-notch makeup, the most important aspect of the idol profession has indeed been fulfilled. , the boy band is truly a visual miracle.”

"Although I don't like the style of "Monster" very much, the third album also specially reserved a song like "Missing" to satisfy us music fans. SM can be considered thoughtful."

"EXO rules Kpop!"

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Chi Jingyuan doesn't know if they will dominate Kpop. He only knows that he is almost exhausted these two days.

Starting from the showcase on the 8th and the return on the 9th, the entire EXO group has returned to the very familiar 'comeback mode'. In addition to singing for four consecutive days, they also participated in various activities, promotions, performances, and interviews. , variety shows, and radio stations, there is almost no interruption at all. Every morning after waking up, it will continue to the middle of the night.

Even if there are occasional breaks without scheduled schedules, they still don't have much time to rest, because they still have a lot of work to prepare for besides their comeback, such as meetings and stage practices for the third tour, production meetings for the reissue of the album, and new songs. The practice and recording, plus everyone's personal characteristics and even commercial shooting, really all came together.

Although they have long been accustomed to such a busy comeback schedule, they have not experienced it for more than half a year. EXO and Chi Jingyuan, who have been idle for a while, are really not used to it. In addition to being physically exhausted these days, He didn't feel very energetic because he didn't get enough sleep. Every time he returned to the dormitory, there was no one to chat with and it was noisy. Basically everyone just fell asleep.

At this time, he was lying on the bed in the dormitory, drowsy, and at the same time cheering up, listening to the call from Bae Zhuhyun on his mobile phone.